Water Cycle Vocab

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Absorption

Back 1

Removal of water from the soil by roots (This process occurs due to gravity

Front 2

Condensation

Back 2

Water changes from a gas to a liquid in the absence of heat (cooling)

Front 3

Consumption

Back 3

The using up of a resource

Front 4

Evaporation

Back 4

Water changes from a liquid to a gas in the presence of heat less than that of a boiling point

Front 5

Boiling

Back 5

The addition of heat to water that causes it to expand and the temperature to rise, until it reaches its boiling point

Front 6

Excretion

Back 6

The process of eliminating or expelling waste matter

Front 7

Glaciation

Back 7

Liquid water from Earth's surface freezes into large masses called glaciers. This occurs in the absence of heat

Front 8

Infiltration

Back 8

Absorption of water by the soil

Front 9

Precipitation

Back 9

Condensed water gathers and falls from the sky in the absence of heat

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Run-off

Back 10

Liquid water from precipitation moves over plants, animals, and trees to larger water sources

Front 11

Sublimation

Back 11

The transition of a substance directly from a solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase

Front 12

Transpiration

Back 12

liquid water evaporates to a gas in the presence of heat

Front 13

vaporization

Back 13

when molecules change from a solid of liquid to a gas. This occurs in the presence of heat